Lady&#39;s house-dress.



M. ALSHULER.

` LADY'S HOUSE DRESS.

APPLIOATIoN FILED MAY 19, 19111 Patented 001:. 3, 1911.

WITNESSES LVI 'ENTOR UNITED sTA'rEs VPATENT ortica.

MosEsALsHULEa, or' WAUKEGAN', ILLINOIS.

` LADYs HOUSE-Danes.Y

To all whom 'it may concern.

Be it known that I, Moens ALSHULER, of

l/Vaukegan, in the county of Lake and State of Illinois, have inventedtcertain'new and useful Improvements in Ladies House Dresses; and-I hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and ekact description thereof, reference being had to the 'accom- ,panymg drawings, which form part of this can be made practically in'one piece, or inA two pieces. Its principal advantages are, simplicity of manufacture; ease and facillty with which it can be put on and taken off by the wearer; and its neat fitting appearance.

I will describe the invention with reference to the drawings in which I have conventionally illustrated a garment constructed in accordance with the invention, and which in connection with the following description will enable vothers to fully understand the same. l

In said drawing-Figure 1 isa front View of the garment showing its arrangement when worn. Fig. 2 is asimilar view showing the garment front reversed. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional View of the garment on line 3 3, Figzvll Fig.'4 is an enlarged sectional view of the garment on theline 4 4, Fig. 2.

The garment comprises a waist portion 1, skirt portion 2 and a4 belt 3. In practice the waist and skirt portions may be made in one continuousl piece or of separate pieces united. The waist portion may have sleeves l of any desired style, and may be iinished with a collar lh of any desired style, either high or low neck. Thepeculiarity of the garment is that it opens in front from topl to bottom of the Waist and skirt portions, and the garment `is made with` overlapping front ortions 1, 2c, and la, 2d; the parts 1, 1d eing continuations of the waist, and parts 2, 2d being continuations ofthe skirt.

The belt 3 is preferably stitched -to the garment at the waist-portion or junction of Specification of, Letters Patent.

Application led May 19, 1911.

lshown; and when the .over the portion 2c (Fig. 4), the latter is then Patented Oct. 3, 1911. Serial No. 628,312.

the waist and skirt, and the stitching preferably extends from a point 3a at one side around the rearof the garment and back to the opposite side at 3"; and thespace between the points 3a and 3" is to be closed or covered by a belt-flap 3c, which may be attached to the garment at 3a and be detachably attachable to the other end of the belt at 3b, so that when the garment is adj usted and the flap 3c fastened, it will give a neat close belted appearance to the garment around the waist of the wearer. The garmentispnovided adjacentthe belt and at opposite sides anddjacent-theparts 3a. 3b of the belt'with fastening devices 4-a11d 5 respectively. These fastenings may be of any suitable kind such as hooks and eyes or butvbelt and the stitches which fasten the buttons extend through the flaps and adjacent parts of the belt.

The overlapping front portions (2d, 2) of the garment are provided at the waist line with fastening devices,-button holes being portion 2f1 is lapped att-ached to the Hap 2d at 4 and the portion 21 1s attached at 5b to a suitable fastening. such `as a button 5c attached to the belt. Then the end of the belt flap 3c is also attached to the 'fastening 5c as indicated in Figs. 2 and 4. This gives a close fitting appearance to the garment as indicated in Fig. l. If it is desired to reverse the front portions the garment is nnfastened and the portion 2c is lapped outside the portion 2d and is fastened or bnttoned to a device or button 4" secured to the belt near 3, The end of portion 2d is attached to 5, and the belt-flap 3 is again attached t0 5 as indicated in Figs. 1 and 3; in either casel a close fittingT and neat appearing garment is provided.

lVhen the fastening devices are buttons, asv shown. a button 3f is preferably sewed to the lefthand end of the button [la p 8c to balance the button 5.

lVhile I have herein described and shown buttons and button holes as the fastening devices for the garment. it is obvious that any of the othcr'well known fastening devices, such as hooks and eyes. may be elnployed in place of buttons: as such are fully equivalent in the art for buttons and well known I have not deemed it necessary to show same herein; but I would consider hooks and eyes or like devices an equivalent of buttons and that the use thereof in place of buttons or interchangeably with buttons and button holes, is'within the scope of my invention.

Itwill be readily seen from the drawings' that a garment thus constructed can be taken off or put'on like a coat and either front por tion 1C, 2 (or l, 2d) can be arranged outermost. lVhen fastened as described the front portions are securely held so that the bottom hems at the front of the garment appears as an ordinary skirt and the overlappedA front portions are of such width that they will not open when the wearer is walking and will be securely held in place.

The garment can be used as a house-dress or wrapper and if desired can be slipped on over another dress to protect same.

Vhat I claim is:

A ladys house-dress, comprising a united l Waist and skirt open from top to bottom and having front portions extending from top to bottom and adapted -to be overlapped from either si" Copies of this patent may he obtained for belt attached to the Waist f to be engaged by correlated fastening devices on -the outermost front portions ac'- cording as the fronts may be lapped; a belt-flap attached to one end of the belt and adapted toA be lapped over the front portions; and means for attaching the free end of1 the belt-Hap to the opposite end of the be t.

In testimon my own, I a

my signature in presence of two wltnesses.

MOSES ALSHULER.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR E. Downnn, JAMES R. MANSFIELD.

vey cents each, by addressing the i Commissioner of Patents,v Washington, D. (2.l

that I claim the foregoing'as 

